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John chartoularios (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God; details indistinct. Sigla visible at right: θυ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

κε,.
ιΧρ..
λρ̣Η̣.

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) χαρ[του]λαρή[ῳ]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God; details indistinct. Sigla visible at right: θυ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of three lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

κε,.
ιΧρ..
λρ̣Η̣.

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Ἰω(άννῃ) χαρ[του]λαρή[ῳ]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2945
Diameter 24.0 mm
Condition Broken into two pieces.
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ χαρτουλαρήῳ.

Lord, help John, chartoularios.